Bellydance is one of the most popular dance styles in the world today, rooted equally in the beauty of both classical and folk styles. Integral...continue...
Liner Note Authors: Diz Heller; Hossam Ramzy.

The world of Turkish music is opened up before listeners on this lush disc of folk songs by singer Vivienne Dogan-Corringham and counterpart George Hadjineophytou....continue...
Full performer name: Vivienne Dogan-Corringham/George Hadjineophytou.

The pivotal track here is "Satis," an Afriki samba rhythm that, listened to in isolation, could be straight off a house disc. In fact, it's old, but it shows exactly how connections in music are made....continue...

African, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences are united into a cohesive and enriching whole on Mambo El Soudani, which the Nubian band Salamat recorded in Cairo, Egypt in 1993. One of the thin...continue...

An interesting fusion between Arabic music and flamenco. Though it's been done before (by Al Tall and Muluk el-Hwa), it's an enticing sort of fusion to listen to again. Some of the pieces are most str...continue...

Musical scholars sometimes lament the incursions of contemporary pop into so many countries where it may dilute or drive out indigenous forms of music, but the situation in Afghanistan is unique. Here...continue...